{"id":119,"date":"2009-10-28T08:04:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T13:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/?p=119"},"modified":"2013-06-03T22:31:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T03:31:29","slug":"raccoon-droppings-can-be-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/expert-advice\/raccoon-droppings-can-be-toxic\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon droppings can be toxic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-124\" title=\"raccoon-in-the-attic1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/raccoon-in-the-attic1.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon-in-the-attic1\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/>We&#8217;ve been getting a lot of <strong>Raccoon removal<\/strong> jobs lately, as well as<strong> attic restoration<\/strong> work. Thats where we have to go in and <strong>vacuum<\/strong> out all the <strong>contaminated insulation<\/strong> from the <strong>attic<\/strong> of a home, scrub down every surface with <strong>anti-bacterial enzymes<\/strong>, and then<strong> replace the attic insulation<\/strong> with all new. Why is this necessary?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to know how <strong>dangerous raccoon poop<\/strong> is if the <strong>raccoon is infected<\/strong> with the <strong>Baylisascaris roundworm<\/strong>. This is a common <strong>parasite in raccoons<\/strong>, some areas of the country have a 70 to 100 percent infection rate.<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>parasite<\/strong> goes straight for the <strong>brain tissue<\/strong>, and that includes <strong>human brain<\/strong> tissue. Whats worse, the <strong>microscopic eggs<\/strong> that are the infective stage can live in the environment for probably 10 years or more. Because children are the most likely people to touch the <strong>tainted surface<\/strong> and then put their hands in their mouths, they are the most likely to be infected.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThese eggs are <strong>very resistant<\/strong> to environmental degradation. <strong>Raccoon feces<\/strong> should be treated as <strong>hazardous<\/strong> <strong>waste.<\/strong> And we do just that. Our professionals wear <strong>haz-mat suits and respirators<\/strong> whenever dealing with the aftermath of a raccoon infestation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The microscopic eggs that are the infective stage can live in the environment for probably 10 years or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[31,35,24,97,95,91,12,96,93,92,60,94,6],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expert-advice","tag-animal-control","tag-attic-restoration","tag-florida","tag-florida-animal-control","tag-florida-raccoon-trapper","tag-get-rid-of-raccoons","tag-nuisance-wildlife-relocation","tag-orlando-raccoon-removal","tag-raccoon-trapper","tag-raccoons-in-the-attic","tag-sarasota","tag-trapping-raccoons-in-florida","tag-wildlife-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.floridawildlifetrapper.com\/flnwr_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}